BAY CITY, MI — Those looking forward to enjoying some seafood at the new Uptown Bay City development before the new year are going to have to wait a few extra months.

The opening of the Real Seafood Co. restaurant, which was originally slated to open in time for New Year’s Eve celebrations, has been bumped back to Spring 2015, due to a brutal winter that delayed construction, says Al Warr, a project manager for SSP Associates, the developer of the project.

“We just couldn’t get in and work on it,” said Warr. “The winter certainly didn’t help.”

Warr also said the slow construction of a new section of Riverwalk delayed construction at the restaurant.

“There was sheet piling for the Riverwalk in the spot where our building is,” he said.

The Ann Arbor-based Real Seafood Co., which also has a restaurant in Florida, is expected to feature warm, modern decor, including a visible kitchen and two levels of seating with 200 seats inside and 100 seats outside. It also is to feature an outdoor bar.

Warr provided artistic renderings of the restaurant’s interior in the photo gallery above.

If the menu is similar to the restaurant in Ann Arbor, seafood fans are in luck. A half dozen New England cold water oysters are selling for $12.95 and escargot in garlic butter for $8.95. Entrees include Alaskan king crab legs and petite filet mignon for $29.95 and grilled Atlantic salmon with fresh avocado, corn and tomato relish for $26.95.

“Building 1,” which will serve as an administrative office for Williams Township-based Dow Corning Corp., remains on schedule to open in mid-July. More than 300 Dow Corning employees are expected to work out of that building when it opens.

“Building 2,” being anchored by Chemical Bank, is on schedule for its August opening. The eastern half of the building is three stories high and is completely occupied by the bank. The western half of the building raises to four stories. There are 20 residential condo units that are to occupy the top three floors, and two, 2,500- to 3,000-square-foot retail spaces planned for the first floor.

Laurie Bush, manager of Century 21 Signature Realty, the Realtor for the development, has said interest has been high in the condos, which range in price from $175,000 to $225,000 for the smaller units, and $350,000-$400,000 for the penthouse units.

A sign outside her office in the Shearer Building, 311 Center Ave., is advertising the Uptown condos.

Warr also said SSP officials expect to announce soon the winning name for the street that runs along the Saginaw River. In January, SSP put out a call to residents on its Facebook page, asking for creative name ideas. Names ranged from Sunset Boulevard to Dockside Way. One suggestion was to call the street Rosalie Drive, after Rosalie Brondstetter, a young Bay City woman who died working as a welder at the former home of American Hoist and Derrick Co., Industrial Brownhoist Division.

“It’s an exciting time for Uptown Bay City,” said Warr. “We hope to have some more news soon.”